WEBVTT
AT EXPERTS THINK COULD BE THE
MOTIVE
MIKE 18-YEAR-OLD LOREN
CLINCY
IS CHARGED WITH STEALING PUPPIES
AND SHOOTING AT THE MAN HE STOLE
THEM FROM.
THE VICTIMRRANGED THROUGH
FACEBOOK TO MEET CLINC TO SELL
THE PUPPIES, BUT LORENZO TOOK
THE PUPPIES AND PULLED A GUN,
LEAVING THE VICTIM RUNNING FROM
GUNSHOTS.
HERE THAT THE ANIMAL CONTRO
THEY SAY 45% OF THE PEOPLE THEY
GET ARE PIT BULLS AN THEY S
IN-PERSON THEFT IS NOT THE ONLY
THING TO BE CONCERNED ABOUT.
PUPITIES ARE -- PUPPIES A
INTOXICATING,, YOU CAN SELL
THEM.
MIKE: KAREN SPARAPANI SAID
THEY
ARE STOLEN.
>> PEOPLE WILL SHELL OUT ANY
AMOUNT OF MONEY FOR THE CUTE
LITTLE PUPPIES.
I DO BELIEVE THAT WAS THE REASON
FOR THIS.
MIKE: BUT SHE SAID IT'S UNUSUAL
FOR SOMEONE TO TRY TO SELL A
PUPPY ON THE STREET THESE DAYS.
SHE SUGGESTS PEOPLE GO TO A
SHELTER OR RESCUE GROUP.
>> GET ONE THAT'S SPAYED,
NEUTERED, FULLY VET, NOT WORRY
ABOUT BEING ROBBED OR HELD UP AT
GUNPOINT.
MIKE: SHE SAID TO BE ESPECIALLY

Facebook post leads to armed robbery of puppies

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Updated: 11:23 AM CST Jan 4, 2017

MILWAUKEE —

A Milwaukee man out on bail on a felony charge held up a man he’d met on Facebook and stole three puppies the victim had listed for sale, a criminal complaint said.

Lorenzo Clincy, of the 3400 block of North 9th Street, faces up to 20 years in prison and fines up to $50,000 if convicted of the felonies.

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Prosecutors allege that Clincy and another man answered a Facebook advertisement on Sept. 6 about the sale of three pit bull puppies. The two men agreed to meet the seller at Atkinson Park in Milwaukee.

The seller and another man arrived at the park and were met by Clincy and another person who was not identified in the complaint.

The two buyers then pulled out handguns and pointed them at the men, the complaint said.

"You know what this is. You know what time it is. This is Milwaukee. This is what you get b****," one of the buyers said, according to the charging document.

The men grabbed the box of pit bull puppies and a wallet belonging to one of the victims, the complaint said.

Shots were fired when the two victims ran away, the complaint said. A .22 caliber shell casing was later found by police.

Clincy was identified through a photo array, the complaint said.

Police said the dogs have not been recovered.

Karen Sparapani, executive director at the Milwaukee Area Domestic Animal Control Commission, said people will pay big money for pit bull puppies.

"Pit bulls are being bred for profit in our community absolutely," she said.